Chapter 188 The Messenger of Death, Yan Shaozhe’s Bad Luck (Subscription Request)
"This gang of bandits is very cruel and cunning. They specialize in killing merchants passing through the two countries and leave no one alive."
"It can be said that they are committing all kinds of evil. The terrain of the mountainous area where they hide is complex and steep, and there are hiding caves in many places, which is not conducive to the army's attack."
"What's more disgusting is that part of the mountainous area where these bastards are located belongs to the Sun Moon Empire, and the other part belongs to the Star Luo Empire."
"You all know that the relationship between the Sun Moon Empire and the Star Luo Empire has always been not good. Under such circumstances, it is difficult for the two countries to carry out joint operations."
"Which side sent out a large army to suppress the bandits, and the cunning bastards ran to the other side, and even once triggered a small-scale war between the two countries."
"And until Now they are still alive and well. Their numbers are useless to them. The total number of this group of bandits is less than 300, but they are familiar with the terrain and are cunning and deceitful. "
"Therefore, our team is more suitable for fighting them."
"This group of bandits calls itself the messenger of death. It is said that the leader is a very powerful evil soul master, so we must not be careless."
"I know that most of you have never killed anyone. This time you may have a brand new experience."
"I want to emphasize that the goal of our monitoring mission this time is to leave no one alive and annihilate them all, because there are no old, weak, women or children among this group of bandits, and no good people."
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Ma Xiaotao talked about this monitoring mission incessantly, and Yan Shaozhe put his hands behind his back and looked at the scenery in the distance.
At this moment, their Shrek Academy is suffering from a crisis, but he believes that their Shrek Academy will definitely survive this.
Bathed in the glory of the sea god, for the eternal glory of Shrek Academy, all difficulties will be eliminated.
Yan Shaozhe clenched his fists and cheered in his heart.
Turning his head, he saw Ma Xiaotao still continuing to introduce the mission situation.
Yan Shaozhe nodded, took out the water bottle from the soul guide and drank water.
Since early in the morning, he has been dealing with Xuanzi, handling affairs, and leading the delegation to set off.
It can be said that he has not been idle for a moment, and now it is just right to steal some free time and take a break.
Yan Shaozhe drank a few sips of water, and suddenly, somehow, he choked on a mouthful of water.
Yan Shaozhe quickly patted his chest and spit out the saliva.
He stepped back a few steps, coughed a few times, and felt a lot better.
But suddenly, he smelled a bad smell again.
Looking down, he didn't know when he stepped on a pile of feces of an unknown soul beast.
Yan Shaozhe's face was black, why didn't he notice it?
While the other students didn't notice, Yan Shaozhe flashed and came to a hidden place.
He came under a big tree, leaned against the trunk, and took off the shoe that was stepping on the feces.
He leaned against the tree and lowered his head to change his shoes.
I don’t know if it was a coincidence, but there was a wasp nest on this tree.
It happened to fall down when Yan Shaozhe was changing his shoes, and it hit Yan Shaozhe’s head directly.
A group of wasps suddenly flew out with a buzzing sound, and all rushed towards Yan Shaozhe.
"Boom!"
An invisible aura burst out, and the whole mountain seemed to move.
In an instant, Ma Xiaotao and others were alarmed.
Everyone looked over and saw Yan Shaozhe walking out with a dark face, looking quite unfriendly.
"Teacher, what happened?"
Ma Xiaotao stepped forward and asked: "Did you encounter an enemy?"
Yan Shaozhe took a deep breath and said: "Nothing, just an accident."
"Have you explained the mission clearly?"
"It has been explained clearly." Ma Xiaotao said.
"In that case, let's get going. We have already informed the Xingluo Empire of the garrison stationed in Mingdou Mountain Range before we set off. They will provide us with detailed maps and accurate intelligence."
Yan Shaozhe spoke lightly. After experiencing the series of events before, Yan Shaozhe was in a very depressed mood.
Why does it feel like he has bad luck today?
He was beaten by Xuan Lao as soon as he got up in the morning. He choked when drinking water just now. He stepped on feces and was hit by a hornet's nest.
Yan Shaozhe even suspected that he had offended Tai Sui today. It was really unlucky one after another.
"Yes, teacher."
Ma Xiaotao didn't say anything more when she noticed that Yan Shaozhe seemed unhappy.
The reserve team rushed forward under the leadership of the official team.
Shrek and his party hurried all the way and first went to the garrison base of the Xingluo Empire on the border.
More than ten military-specific flying soul guides were borrowed from the Xingluo army, and then they continued to move towards the Mingdou Mountain Range.
After all, relying on two legs to travel is not fast.
But flying is always faster.
But if a soul master wants to fly, in addition to having a flying martial spirit, he must wait until his cultivation breaks through the seventh ring.
Even so, relying purely on soul power can only fly short distances. Only super strong people at the level of Title Douluo can fly for a long distance.
Therefore, the flying soul guide is very necessary.
After changing to the flying soul guide, the speed of the Shrek Academy group increased a lot.
Especially with Yan Shaozhe as the leader, leading the other students forward.
The speed is almost as fast as lightning.
But there are often some accidents on the way, such as the flying soul guide suddenly malfunctioning, or some students suddenly have problems with their soul power.
They stumbled along the way and encountered many small troubles. Finally, they finally arrived at the Mingdou Mountains.
At this time, it was already late at night, and the students were exhausted.
Yan Shaozhe's flying speed was not something they could bear.
They vomited all over the place, even Ma Xiaotao didn't look very good.
"Let's take a break tonight. We will officially start the mission tomorrow."
"Who among you can cook? Show us your skills."
Yan Shaozhe looked at the Shrek people and said calmly.
He was also tossed around a lot along the way. It was either this or that that had problems, which made him upset.
Originally, they could walk at least a thousand miles in an hour, but it was not until the evening that they could barely reach the outskirts of Mingdou Mountain Range.
Looking at the appearance of the people, there was no fighting power at all. They could only rest for a night.
Listening to Yan Shaozhe's words, the Shrek people looked at each other, and they were silent.
In fact, almost all the people in Shrek Academy were from noble families and had extraordinary backgrounds.
These people have never touched the water of spring, how can they know how to cook?
In the end, it was Jiang Nannan who took the initiative to take on this job when she saw that everyone was silent.
It is worth mentioning that even cooking was not so smooth.
Ma Xiaotao was in charge of lighting the fire, and accidentally almost burned the mountain.
If Ling Luochen hadn't been here, the fire would not have been extinguished so quickly.
After dinner, the Shrek people rested for a night, and soon, it was the next day.
The next day, the Shrek Academy went to the station on the western border of the Xingluo Empire.
This place was guarded by Dai Hao.
After obtaining specific maps and intelligence from Dai Hao's army, the Shrek Academy began to enter the Mingdou Mountains.
Yan Shaozhe maintained a cool style, did not interrupt, did not take action, and left everything to Ma Xiaotao to command.
He was also deliberately training Ma Xiaotao's command ability.
This monitoring mission was also a test to assess their running-in.
Yan Shaozhe didn't take this mission too seriously.
According to the intelligence obtained from Dai Hao's army, the strongest of this so-called Death Messenger was only a Soul King.
Although it might be an evil soul master, it might be more difficult to deal with.
But which of the students of Shrek Academy is easy to deal with?
Two Soul Emperors led five Soul Kings, so there couldn't be any accidents in this mission.
The reason why Yan Shaozhe followed was just to care about the reserve team.
But he thought that this mission was not dangerous.
"Everyone come here."
While Yan Shaozhe was stunned, Wang Yan waved to Ma Xiaotao and others, signaling everyone to come to him.
The students of the outer courtyard immediately took action, but the seven people in the inner courtyard seemed a little impatient.
In terms of cultivation, Wang Yan is also a Soul King, just about the same as them, and he is also a teacher of the outer courtyard.
These inner courtyard students have always only recognized strength. They don't have much respect for teachers whose cultivation is not stronger than theirs, but teachers are teachers after all, so they still reluctantly give face.
Wang Yan said in a deep voice: "I just checked the surrounding situation, and combined with the observations along the way, I have made a few discoveries."
"There are already Wen Lan trees nearby. Wen Lan trees are a relatively rare tree species. Its tree heart can be used as medicine, and its trunk is as hard as iron, which is most suitable for making various furniture."
"Its growth requires extremely high air requirements, and it can only survive in places with extremely rich vegetation."
"I once saw in an ancient book that the place where Wen Lan trees grow must be at least 50 miles deep in the dense forest to appear."
"At the same time, Wen Lan trees are fortunate to be cold, and its tree heart is a good aid for soul masters who practice cold martial arts. "
Ma Xiaotao frowned slightly and said, "Teacher Wang, just say what you want to say, don't keep us in suspense."
Wang Yan didn't take Ma Xiaotao's attitude to heart, and said calmly, "What I mean is that the appearance of the Wenlan tree means that we have entered the core area of the Mingdou Mountains, or at least the edge of the core area."
"According to our intelligence, the leader of the Death Hand Bandit Group may be an evil soul master. Just now, I found this."
As he spoke, he took out a section of tree trunk from his storage soul guide. This section of tree trunk was broken by something in half, and there was a cylindrical hole inside.
Wang Yan said: "This is the Wen Lan tree. The heart of the Wen Lan tree is dark blue. Now it is gone, which means that it has been dug up."
"Combined with our goal this time, we can boldly assume that this was done by the bandit leader or his subordinates, and the purpose was to feed the bandit leader."
"If this is true, then the enemy we are facing is likely to be an evil soul master. At the same time, it also means that we should not be far from the enemy."
After this, Ma Xiaotao's eyes narrowed.
"Teacher Wang, are you sure?"
"I am sure." Wang Yan nodded.
"Okay, then we will follow this trace and search for the location of those Death Hands."
Ma Xiaotao can lead a team, which is definitely not stupid.
With Wang Yan's inference, she naturally knew what to do.
Since the Death Hands bandits are lurking, they must leave subtle clues.
Based on these clues, they can naturally find their lair.
As soon as they said it, the Shrek team and the reserve team set up their positions and searched carefully.
From the broken branches, footprints on the ground, some tiny bloodstains, etc.
The Shrek Academy gradually went deeper into the Mingdou Mountains.
They gradually walked out of the woods and moved forward at a slow speed.
About half an hour later, Ma Xiaotao's footsteps suddenly stopped.
Wang Yan also stopped and said, "There are many footprints here. It is obvious that someone often walks here. It seems that we are looking in the right direction."
"Judging from the number of footprints, the lair of these bandits should be in front."
"Everyone adjust your state and prepare for battle."
After Wang Yan finished speaking, everyone in Shrek Academy began to adjust their breath.
About half a minute later, Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yuheng looked at each other and moved forward together.
The two sneaked carefully and gradually touched a hillside.
Looking down the hillside, they found a cave covered by vines and figures coming and going.
The two did not make a sound and quickly returned to the original place.
"It is confirmed that the bandits' base is just below that hillside."
Dai Yaoheng said in a deep voice.
Ma Xiaotao also condensed her beautiful eyes and said, "We saw a lot of bandits coming and going. It must be the old nest."
Wang Yan nodded and said, "In that case, I will leave it to you."
"The reserve team and I will be responsible for reinforcements, and you will be responsible for the main attack."
"No problem, just leave it to us."
There seemed to be a wild flame burning in Ma Xiaotao's pink eyes.
"Everyone, start changing clothes. The Shrek Supervisor is ready to go."
Wang Yan said, and everyone started to change clothes.
Putting on the Supervisor Ring, everyone took out their own clothes from the ring.
First, a set of inner armor, which covered the whole body and the head, leaving only the eyes exposed.
The inner armor seemed to be made of some special leather, and it was covered with tiny scales. It could be seen that the defense should be good.
In addition to the inner armor, everyone also had a dark green suit, a dark green mask, and a dark green cloak.
There were also three flares for Shrek supervisors.
Men and women were different, so they had to change clothes separately.
When the Shrek group gathered again, everyone had put on masks and cloaks.
The uniform dark green color looked like some indescribable color.
Looking at the people who had changed their clothes, Wang Yan whispered: "Get ready to go, Xiaotao, you should command the battle, and I will be in charge of the reserve team."